Welcome back to Gaining Mom-entum! Though Meghan & Abi are on hiatus for the summer, they are still committed to keeping up with the Gaining Mom-entum community, so please enjoy this supersized, remixed re-release of the Gaining Mom-etum on Gender episodes from season 1. In this re-release, Abi & Meghan wonder why some people have such a hard time with the idea that gender exists beyond the binary. They talk about growing up as girls and what they have internalized and carried with them into adulthood about gendered norms. They discuss what stereotypes that other people have tried to impose on their children and what they’re trying to push back against. They focus on the gendered nonsense they’re trying to be aware of and combat against in parenting their kids, talk about the insidious gendered messages that society passes onto children, and why talking about feelings makes their job as parents easier. They finish off with a discussion on creating a safe space for children who are non-binary. As always, thanks for listening!
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Resources:
- Egale Canada
- Sogi 1 2 3
- Qmunity
- National Center for Transgender Equality
- They & Us podcast
- What It's Like to Be Raised Gender Neutral
- The Hardest Part of Having a Nonbinary Kid is Other People
- From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom
- Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall
- Raising Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting by Kyl Myers
- Burn It All Down podcast (Ep. 171)
- Parenting is Political
- Canadian Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity
- Kids Help Phone
- PREVNet
- Teen Talk